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Topic: arms industry

Defence manufacturer Raytheon exhibition stand at the Farnborough Air Show, England. (In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)

Ukraine fuels massive arms gold rush

William D. Hartung, Julia Gledhill - TomDispatch.com
In this Aug. 9, 2016 photo, smoke rises after Saudi-led airstrikes hit a food factory in Sanaa, Yemen. In the air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen’s Shiite rebels, rights experts say there has been a pattern by the Saudi-led coalition in depending on faulty intelligence, failing to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarding the likelihood of civilian casualties. Experts say some of the strikes likely amount to war crimes. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

Can Sweden be a peace broker in Yemen?

Vijay Prashad - Independent Media Institute
(AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Our man from Boeing

William D. Hartung, Mandy Smithberger - TomDispatch.com